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Ex-Conservative MP Leona Alleslev said she was told by Chinese Canadians that they were afraid to vote for her because they knew foreign operatives were working at polling stations.
(LifeSiteNews) — Documents from a federal inquiry looking at meddling in Canada’s past two elections by foreign state actors show that agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) allegedly worked as Elections Canada poll workers in the 2021 campaign.
According to the documents, former Conservative MP Leona Alleslev noted in a sworn affidavit that she was told by Chinese Canadians they knew foreign operatives were working at polling stations.
“Around half the Chinese Canadian constituents she canvassed would tell Ms. Alleslev they were afraid to vote for her because they feared repercussions against themselves or their family members both in Canada and in China,” said Alleslev’s as per her affidavit, which was filed with the Commission on Foreign Interference.
According to the affidavit, as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, some people claimed that they took the threat “seriously because there were agents of the Chinese Communist Party working in the local Elections Canada office and in the polling stations or monitoring outside of the significantly reduced number of polling stations to watch who voted.”
Despite this, Alleslev did not let Elections Canada or the Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections know about these concerns while on her campaign due to “her experience with Elections Canada’s lack of clear process, unresponsiveness and inaction on other matters.”